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[Michael Narigon <mnarigon@xxxxxxxxx>]

All,

Here is a patch that implements the recommended change to the libraries-repos-install.sh script. I checked it on OS X 10.9.4 and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.  Michael

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On Jul 20, 2014, at 10:13 PM, Jake <jake@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i downloaded a zip of a build for macOS containing KiCad 2014-05-31 BZR 4902-product (called "Kicad-product-2014-05-31.zip")
> 
> I can't remember where I downloaded it though, and the official kicad page at http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/KICAD/Download leads to source (very difficult to build on macos) or packages that are quite old.
> 
> so on to my problems.  Installing libraries was very difficult because the "sed" command on bsd does not support extended regex (the -r parameter) and sed is used by library-repos-install.sh to create a list of libraries to download.
> 
> perhaps macOS after 10.6.7 has a version of sed that allows for -r extended regex?  If not, the command
> sed  's:.+ "KiCad/(.+)",:\1:'
> should be replaced with
> sed 's:..................KiCad/::' | sed 's:\",::'
> in library-repos-install.sh
> 
> this is to change
>    "full_name": "KiCad/Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty",
> into
> Air_Coils_SML_NEOSID.pretty
> 
> the other problem i'm having is basically this:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/593661
> 
> except that it's not that the Cvpcb window "loses" focus but rather it isn't fully focused.  The close/minimize/maximize buttons in the corner are still colored (indicating it has focus) but the arrow keys don't work and none of the fields are highlighted with active blue;  and thus the arrow keys don't work.  I can't describe how impossible it is to pick parts without using the arrow keys to pick through footprints with Cvpcb.
> 
> If i close the footprint viewer, Cvpcb acts normally and the arrow keys work to cycle through parts.
> 
> if anyone is building for macOS / OSX they should check for this bug and fix it or reopen it in the bug tracker if they see it, it's pretty serious.
> 
> also, i really don't know what is the correct way to install kicad libraries and I haven't found the instructions in the documentation - or they were buried in too much other documentation and i couldn't see it.
> I pity the fool who tries to install kicad on anything but linux until the documentation is improved.
> 
> thank you
> -jake
> 
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